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Tweet[IWS] EU/Global: WOMEN IN SCIENCE ALARMINGLY LOW [26 October 2012]
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European Commission>Research & Innovation>Information Centre
Press Release 26 October 2012
Women in science alarmingly low
A new study has revealed some alarming figures showing that the number of women in engineering, physics and computer science are alarmingly low in the world's leading economies and are on the decline in others. Conducted by experts in international gender, science and technology issues from Women in Global Science & Technology and the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, and funded by the Elsevier Foundation, the study maps the opportunities and obstacles faced by women in science across Brazil, the EU, India, Indonesia, Korea, South Africa and the United States.
see
Women in Global Science & Technology (WIGSAT or WISAT)
National Assessments on Gender and Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)
Scorecard on Gender Equality in the Knowledge Society
Overall Results, Phase One September 2012
http://archive.wigsat.org/GEKS/GEKS_Scorecard-Complete.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
Press Release 3 October 2012
New Gender Benchmarking Study Finds Numbers of Women in Science and
Technology Fields Alarmingly Low in Leading Economies
Numbers of Women in Engineering, Physics and Computer Science Are On the Decline
http://archive.wigsat.org/GEKS/OWSD_WISAT_ElsevierFoundation_FINAL.pdf
New York, October 3, 2012 – In the first study of its kind, researchers have found that numbers of
women in the science, technology and innovation fields are alarmingly low in the world’s leading
economies, and are actually on the decline in others, including the United States. The study maps the
opportunities and obstacles faced by women in science across the US, EU, Brazil, South Africa, India,
Korea and Indonesia. It was conducted by experts in international gender, science and technology
issues from Women in Global Science & Technology and the Organization for Women in Science for
the Developing World, and funded by the Elsevier Foundation.
Despite efforts by many of these countries to give women greater access to science and technology
education, research shows negative results, particularly in the areas of engineering, physics and
computer science. Women remain severely under-represented in degree programs for these fields—
less than 30% in most countries. In addition, the numbers of women actually working in these fields
are declining across the board. Even in countries where the numbers of women studying science and
technology have increased, it has not translated into more women in the workplace.
AND MUCH MORE...
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